Flagstaff Hill Fire
The Flagstaff Hill Fire was reported on August 23, 2016 in Roosevelt County, Montana and burned 8,634 acres. It was declared out on August 26, 2016.
- Size
- 8,634 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2016
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.550, -104.783.
The incident
- Size
- 8,634 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2016 at 1:06 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2016 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 26, 2016 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Roosevelt County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-MTLG17-000115
- IRWIN identifier
- 71834E81-0E6F-442B-8A31-16148F6284C6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Plentywood, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Plentywood, MT19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Scobey, MT34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wolf Point, MT51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Williston, ND60 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sidney, MT64 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Crosby, ND72 miles east of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated August 27, 2016 at 12:40 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-MTLG17-000115.